David Tobey

David "Dave" Tobey (May 1, 1898 in New York, New York, United States – July 25, 1988) was an American basketball referee. He refereed many notable pro games in New York between 1918 and 1925; in 1926 he refereed the Syracuse vs. West Point game, which featured two future Hall of Famers, Vic Hanson and John Roosma. After that game he became popular and refereed many important games from 1926 to 1945, such as the first game with a three-man officiating crew (Georgetown vs. Columbia). After retirement from officiating, he became basketball coach at Cooper Union in New York City, he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961.

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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange

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New York (state)
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States, and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U. S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015, New York City is the most populous city in the United States, the New York Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State, two-thirds of the states population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% lives on Long Island. Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th-century Duke of York, the next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany. New York has a diverse geography and these more mountainous regions are bisected by two major river valleys—the north-south Hudson River Valley and the east-west Mohawk River Valley, which forms the core of the Erie Canal. Western New York is considered part of the Great Lakes Region and straddles Lake Ontario, between the two lakes lies Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, New York had been inhabited by tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans came to New York. The first Europeans to arrive were French colonists and Jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at Montreal for trade, the British annexed the colony from the Dutch in 1664. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were similar to those of the present-day state, New York is home to the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. On April 17,1524 Verrazanno entered New York Bay, by way of the now called the Narrows into the northern bay which he named Santa Margherita. Verrazzano described it as a vast coastline with a delta in which every kind of ship could pass and he adds. This vast sheet of water swarmed with native boats and he landed on the tip of Manhattan and possibly on the furthest point of Long Island. Verrazannos stay was interrupted by a storm which pushed him north towards Marthas Vineyard, in 1540 French traders from New France built a chateau on Castle Island, within present-day Albany, due to flooding, it was abandoned the next year. In 1614, the Dutch under the command of Hendrick Corstiaensen, rebuilt the French chateau, Fort Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, and was located along the Hudson River, also within present-day Albany. The small fort served as a trading post and warehouse, located on the Hudson River flood plain, the rudimentary fort was washed away by flooding in 1617, and abandoned for good after Fort Orange was built nearby in 1623. Henry Hudsons 1609 voyage marked the beginning of European involvement with the area, sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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Syracuse Orange men's basketball
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The Syracuse Orange mens basketball program is an intercollegiate mens basketball team representing Syracuse University. The program is classified in the NCAAs Division I, and the team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Orange currently hold an active NCAA-record 46 consecutive winning seasons. In those games, the Orange lost to Indiana in 1987 and Kentucky in 1996, Syracuse fielded its first varsity basketball team in 1900-01. The program rose to prominence early in its history, being recognized by the Helms Athletic Foundation as national champions for 1918 and 1926. The program made National Invitation Tournament appearances in 1946 and 1950, won the 1951 National Campus Tournament, notable early era players included Hall of Famer Vic Hanson and racial pioneer Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. The modern era of Syracuse basketball began with the arrival of future Hall of Famer Dave Bing. As a sophomore in 1964, Bing led the team to an NIT appearance and as a senior in 1966, he led the team to its second NCAA Tournament appearance, Bings backcourt partner on these teams was future Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim. Syracuse remained competitive after Bings departure, with NIT appearances in 1967,1971, under coach Roy Danforth, in 1973, the team began a string of consecutive NCAA appearances highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 1975. The 1975 squad featured guard Jim Lee and forward Rudy Hackett and was known as Roys Runts. Following the 1976 season, Danforth was hired away by Tulane University, Boeheim extended the string of NCAA appearances to nine, with bids in each of his first four seasons, a period in which his teams won 100 games. These teams featured star forward Louis Orr and center Roosevelt Bouie and were referred to as the Louie and Bouie Show. Syracuse was a member of the Big East Conference in 1979, along with Georgetown University, St. Johns University. Over the next ten seasons, these two schools met eight times in the Big East Tournament, four times in the finals, Syracuse won the Big East Tournament in 1981, but was passed over by the NCAA Tournament. The team, featuring Danny Schayes and Leo Rautins, finished runner-up in the NIT, the team returned to the NIT in 1982, before beginning another extended streak of NCAA appearances in 1983. Heralded high school phenomenon Dwayne Pearl Washington joined the team in 1983, and led the school to NCAA appearances in 1984,1985, led by guard Lawrence Moten and forward/center John Wallace, the school returned to the NCAAs in 1994 and 1995. The 1997 squad won 19 games but was bypassed by the NCAA Tournament, the 1998,1999, and 2000 squads featuring guard Jason Hart and center Etan Thomas all earned NCAA bids. In 2000, the University also named its All-Century Team, recognizing its greatest players of the 20th century, the team made a fourth consecutive NCAA appearance in 2001, but returned to the NIT in 2002, despite having a 20-win season. This marked the first time a school with 20 wins from the Big East Conference was denied a bid to the NCAA Tournament, Anthony was named NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player

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United States Military Academy
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It sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River,50 miles north of New York City. It is one of the four U. S. military service academies, the entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments. The majority of the campuss Norman-style buildings are constructed from gray, the campus is a popular tourist destination complete with a large visitor center and the oldest museum in the United States Army. Candidates for admission must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a member of Congress or Delegate/Resident Commissioner in the case of Washington, puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. Other nomination sources include the President and Vice President of the United States, students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets or collectively as the United States Corps of Cadets. Tuition for cadets is fully funded by the Army in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation, approximately 1,300 cadets enter the Academy each July, with about 1,000 cadets graduating. Cadets are required to adhere to the Cadet Honor Code, which states that a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, the academy bases a cadets leadership experience as a development of all three pillars of performance, academics, physical, and military. Most graduates are commissioned as lieutenants in the Army. Foreign cadets are commissioned into the armies of their home countries, since 1959, cadets have also been eligible to cross-commission, or request a commission in one of the other armed services, provided that they meet that services eligibility standards. Every year, a small number of cadets do this. The academys traditions have influenced other institutions because of its age and it was the first American college to have an accredited civil-engineering program and the first to have class rings, and its technical curriculum was a model for later engineering schools. West Points student body has a rank structure and lexicon. All cadets reside on campus and dine together en masse on weekdays for breakfast, the academy fields fifteen mens and nine womens National Collegiate Athletic Association sports teams. Cadets compete in one sport every fall, winter, and spring season at the intramural, club and its football team was a national power in the early and mid-20th century, winning three national championships. The Continental Army first occupied West Point, New York, on 27 January 1778, between 1778 and 1780, the Polish engineer and military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko oversaw the construction of the garrison defenses. While the fortifications at West Point were known as Fort Arnold during the war, as commander, Benedict Arnold committed his act of treason, after Arnold betrayed the patriot cause, the Army changed the name of the fortifications at West Point, New York, to Fort Clinton. With the peace after the American Revolutionary War, various ordnance, Cadets underwent training in artillery and engineering studies at the garrison since 1794. In 1801, shortly after his inauguration as president, Thomas Jefferson directed that plans be set in motion to establish at West Point the United States Military Academy and he selected Jonathan Williams to serve as its first superintendent

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Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
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Georgetowns first intercollegiate mens basketball team was formed in 1907. Patrick Ewing, who succeeded John Thompson III upon his firing, is the current head coach, the team won the National Championship in 1984 and has reached the NCAA Tournament Final Four on five occasions. Their most recent trip to the Final Four was in 2007 and they have won the Big East Mens Basketball Tournament seven times, and has also won or shared the Big East regular season title ten times. They have been appeared in the NCAA Tournament thirty times and in the National Invitation Tournament twelve times, the Hoyas under Thompson III were known for employing a variant of the Princeton offense, a style of play that emphasizes ball movement. Coach Thompson learned the style while serving under then-Coach Pete Carril of the Princeton University Tigers, using this system, Georgetown had been lauded for excelling by emphasizing offensive efficiency rather than speed of play. Founded in the fall of 1906, the Georgetown mens basketball played its first game on February 9,1907. In its first 60-some years, the program displayed only sporadic success, the downtown locations of these venues was also influenced by the number of Law School students who played on the team in this era. From 1918 through 1923, while on campus at Ryan Gymnasium, a large on-campus arena was proposed in 1927, but shelved during the Great Depression. The team recruited its first All-American, Ed Hargaden, in 1931, from 1932 until 1939, the Hoyas played in the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference, and were regular-season conference co-champions in 1939. In 1942, a Hoya went pro for the first time, the next year the team, led by future congressman Henry Hyde, reached new heights by going all the way to the 1943 NCAA championship game, where they lost to Wyoming. The Hoyas coach, Elmer Ripley, would be inducted into the hall of fame in 1973. The program was suspended from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II, however, in 1953, former Baltimore Bullets player Buddy Jeannette coached the team to its first National Invitation Tournament invitation, but it lost in the first round to Louisville. OKeefe would later return to coach the team from 1960 until 1966, when the school hired John Magee, Magee led the team to the 1970 NIT, just its third post-season appearance, but a dismal three-win season in 1971–72 led to his dismissal. John Thompson, Jr. played two seasons with the Boston Celtics before he achieved local notability coaching St. Anthonys High School in Washington, D. C. to several very successful seasons. Thompson was hired to coach Georgetown in 1972, and with several recruits from St. Anthonys like Merlin Wilson, derrick Jacksons buzzer beater won Georgetown its first tournament championship, and a bid to the 1975 NCAA Tournament. The Big East Conference provided Georgetown increased competition, and several of its longest rivalries and they faced Syracuse again three weeks later in the first Big East Tournament Finals, winning 87–81. In the 1980 NCAA Tournament, the team advanced to the Elite Eight, the team moved its home arena in the 1981-82 season to the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland to accommodate its growing fan base. That season, sparked by star freshman Patrick Ewing, the Hoyas reached the 1982 national championship finals, in a highly regarded and closely fought contest the Hoyas Fred Brown threw an errant pass to Tar Heels forward James Worthy that sealed the title for UNC

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Columbia Lions
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The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling, the Ivy League conference sponsors championships in 33 mens and womens sports and averages 35 varsity teams at each of its eight universities. The League provides intercollegiate athletic opportunities for men and women than any other conference in the United States. All eight Ivy schools are listed in the top 20 NCAA Division I schools in number of sports offered for men and women. Columbia University was founded in 1754 and currently fields 31 co-ed, men’s, womens teams are cooperatively organized with the affiliated Barnard College. All Columbia teams compete at the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the schools football team competes at the NCAA Division I FCS level. In 1910, the school adopted the mascot as a reference to the institutions royal past. The University was originally named Kings College since its charter in 1754 by King George II of Great Britain, the lion is the animal depicted on the English coat of arms. After the American Revolution Kings was renamed Columbia University, Intercollegiate sports at Columbia date to the foundation of the baseball team in 1867. Mens association football followed in 1870, and mens crew in 1873, the third ever mens intercollegiate soccer match was played between Columbia and Rutgers University, with Rutgers winning 6 to 3. In addition, the Lions wrestling team is the nations oldest, the Columbia football team won the Rose Bowl in 1934, upsetting Stanford University 7-0. Columbia was one of the first schools to take up the game, the Lions compete in the Ivy League, which is part of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. The streak was broken on October 8,1988, with a 16-13 victory over archrival Princeton and that was the Lions first victory at Wien Stadium. Even before the streak, the Lions had long regarded as one of the worst football teams in the country. The program was more successful in the first half of the 20th century. The 1915 squad went undefeated and untied, the 1933 edition of the Lions won an unofficial national championship by upsetting the top-ranked Stanford Indians 7-0 in the Rose Bowl on New Years Day 1934. Lou Little, who coached the team from 1930 to 1956, is in the College Football Hall of Fame, pro Football Hall of Famer Sid Luckman played his college ball at Columbia, graduating in 1938. Luckman is also in the College Football Hall of Fame, another Lions back who became legendary for his accomplishments off the gridiron was baseball great Lou Gehrig, who was a two-sport star at Columbia

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Cooper Union
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Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France, Cooper Union was established in 1859. The Cooper Union originally granted each admitted student a full-tuition scholarship, following its own financial crisis, the school decided to abandon this policy starting in the Fall of 2014, but each incoming student receives at least a half-tuition merit scholarship. The college is divided into three schools, the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art, and it offers undergraduate and masters degree programs exclusively in the fields of architecture, fine arts, and engineering. It is a member of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, until 2014 Cooper Union was one of the very few American institutions of higher learning to offer a full-tuition scholarship – valued at approximately $150,000 as of 2012 – to every admitted student. Cooper Union has historically been one of the most selective colleges in the United States, both the art and architecture schools have acceptance rates below 5%. Cooper Union received 2,536 applications for the 2014–2015 academic year, as a result of its record low acceptance ratio for the fall 2010 incoming class, Cooper Union was named by Newsweek as the #1 Most Desirable Small School and #7 Most Desirable School overall. The Cooper Union was founded in 1859 by American industrialist Peter Cooper, who was an inventor, successful entrepreneur. Cooper was a son who had less than a year of formal schooling, yet went on to become an industrialist. Cooper designed and built Americas first steam engine, and made a fortune with a glue factory. After achieving wealth, he turned his skills to successful ventures in real estate, insurance. Coopers dream was to give talented young people the one privilege he lacked and he also wished to make possible the development of talent that otherwise would have gone undiscovered. According to The New York Times in 1863, Those only are supposed to pay anything who are abundantly able, discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, or sex was expressly prohibited. Since the opening of this institute all who desire, and particularly those who work for their own support, can avail themselves, free of charge, of all the advantages the institution affords. The early institution also had a reading room open day and night, and a new four-year nighttime engineering college for men. A daytime engineering college was added in 1902 thanks to funds contributed by Andrew Carnegie Initial board members included Daniel F. Tiemann, Peter Coopers dream of providing an education equal to the best has since become reality. Since 1859, the Cooper Union has educated thousands of artists, architects, after 1864 there were a few attempts to merge Cooper Union and Columbia University, but these were never realized. The Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, was founded in 1897 as part of Cooper Union by Sarah, Eleanor, Cooper Unions Foundation Building is an Italianate brownstone building designed by architect Fred A. Petersen, one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects. It was the first structure in New York City to feature rolled-iron I-beams for structural support, Petersen patented a fire-resistant hollow brick tile he used in the buildings construction

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It serves as the sports most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball, dedicated to Canadian physician and inventor of the sport James Naismith, it was opened and inducted its first class in 1959. As of the induction of the Class of 2016 on September 9,2016, the Naismith Hall of Fame was established in 1959 by Lee Williams, a former athletic director at Colby College. In the 1960s, the Basketball Hall of Fame struggled to raise money for the construction of its first facility. The Basketball Hall of Fames Board named four inductees in its first year, in addition to honoring those who contributed to basketball, the Hall of Fame sought to make contributions of its own. In 1979, the Hall of Fame sponsored the Tip-Off Classic and this Tip-Off Classic has been the start to the college basketball season ever since, and although it does not always take place in Springfield, Massachusetts, generally it returns every few years. In the 17 years that the original Basketball Hall of Fame operated at Springfield College, the popularity of the Basketball Hall of Fame necessitated that a new facility be constructed, and in 1985, an $11 million facility was built beside the scenic Connecticut River in Springfield. As the new hall opened, it also recognized women for the first time, with such as Senda Berenson Abbott. In 2002, the Basketball Hall of Fame moved again—albeit merely 100 yards south along Springfields riverfront—into a $47 million facility designed by renowned architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, the buildings architecture features a metallic silver, basketball-shaped sphere flanked by two similarly symmetrical rhombuses. The dome is illuminated at night and features 80,000 square foot, including numerous restaurants, the second Basketball Hall of Fame was not torn down but rather converted into an LA Fitness health clubs. The current Basketball Hall of Fame features Center Court, a basketball court on which visitors can play. Inside the building there are a gallery, many interactive exhibits, several theaters. A large theater for ceremonies seats up to 300, the honorees inducted in 2002 included the Harlem Globetrotters and Magic Johnson, a five-time NBA champion, three-time NBA finals MVP and Olympic gold medalist. As of 2011, the current Basketball Hall of Fame has greatly exceeded attendance expectations, despite the new facilitys success, a logistical problem remains for the Basketball Hall of Fame and the City of Springfield. Urban planners at universities such as UMass Amherst have called for the I-91 to be moved, in 2010, the Urban Land Institute announced a plan to make the walk between Springfields Metro Center and the Hall of Fame easier. Since 2011, the induction process employs a total of seven committees to both screen and elect candidates, since 2011, the Veterans and International Committees also vote to directly induct one candidate for each induction class. Contributor Direct Election Committee Note that other committees may choose to elect contributors, for example, the 2014 class included two contributors. However, each screening committee is limited as to the number of candidates it can put forth to the Honors Committee—10 from the North American Committee, any individual receiving at least 18 affirmative votes from the Honors Committee is approved for induction into the Hall of Fame

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Bob Kurland
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Robert Albert Bob Kurland was a 7 feet American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies basketball team. He led the U. S. basketball team to gold medals in two Summer Olympics, and led his AAU team to three national titles and he is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Kurland was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Albert and he graduated from Jennings High School in Jennings, Missouri, where he participated in basketball and track. Kurland, a Missouri native, considered attending the University of Missouri, but when Oklahoma A&M played a game at Saint Louis University, A&M coach Henry Iba invited Kurland to dinner and offered him a scholarship. Missouri could only offer Kurland a job, many of Kurlands family members had not finished high school, and Kurland was the first in his family to attend college at any level. Kurland was a part of the teams consecutive NCAA titles in 1945 and 1946. In the 1945–46 season, he scored a then-season record 643 points, including 58 in a game against Saint Louis University, Kurland was voted Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year. Kurland was known to leap above the rim to grab opponents shots and this led to the NCAA banning defensive goaltending in 1945. Kurland was also the first person to regularly dunk during games, the rivalry between him and De Pauls George Mikan would foreshadow similar matchups, especially those of basketballs big men. In college, Kurland was active in campus activities, including the student council. He graduated with a bachelor of science in education, Kurland never played professional basketball, passing up the newly formed Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League, to play for Phillips Petroleums A. A. U. team, the Oilers. Kurland played for six years with Phillips, winning three championships, since Kurland never played professionally, he was eligible as an amateur for the Olympic Games. In the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, he led the U. S. basketball team to the gold medal and he was second on the team in scoring as the U. S. defeated France in the gold medal game, 65–21. In the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Kurland carried the U. S. flag in the opening ceremony and he was again a dominant force at center as the U. S. defeated the Soviet Union in the gold medal game, 36–25. Kurland received post-graduate management training at Stanford University and he became a salesman for Phillips Petroleum Company, where he played AAU basketball, and later served as a senior marketing executive. His corporate responsibilities took his family to Denver, Wichita, Memphis, Cincinnati, ultimately, the family returned to the home of Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where Kurland served as vice mayor and as a member of the city commission for several years. He retired from Phillips in 1985, Kurland was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961. In 1996, he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame, after retirement, Kurland and his wife, Barbara, divided time between their homes in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Sanibel Island, Florida

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Christian Steinmetz
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Christian Chris Steinmetz was an American basketball player. He played forward for the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1905 and he was college basketballs leading scorer in the games first 25 years from 1895 to 1920. He became known as the Father of Wisconsin Basketball and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961, Steinmetz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1882. He was the son of Chris, a Milwaukee real estate man, Steinmetz attended Milwaukees South Division High School where he was a member of the schools basketball and track teams. He led South Division to the high school basketball championship in 1902 and was the state champion in the high jump that year. Steinmetz enrolled at the University of Wisconsin where he was a member of the Badgers track, despite his modest size at 5 ft 9 in and 137 pounds, he became one of the greatest scorers in basketball history. One writer who saw him play wrote, He was a human dynamo on the basketball floor, possessed of an uncanny eye for the basket and a bulldog on defense, Steinmetz always seemed to be at the right place at the right time. He was to basketball what Willie Heston was to football, Steinmetz was credited with being an innovator in technique. In an era when the underhand, two-handed shot was the norm, Steinmetz later recalled that the one-hander was always good for three or four baskets before they caught on to it. He also had the ability to rebound or catch a pass and shoot while in the air, in 1958, Steinmetz told a reporter that the modern game was as different from the game he played as hearts is from poker. He concluded that the biggest change in the game was eliminating the center jump and he noted, It makes basketball a percentage game. Whichever team is hitting for the best percentage of their shots wins and it used to be that the good team would get the ball again in the center jump and one team would pull farther ahead of the other. Basketball in those days was football for lighter fellows, why, we wore moleskin pants or they would have tore them right off you the way they hung on. Basketball was in its infancy at the University of Wisconsin when Steinmetz arrived, the team was jokingly called the squat tag team, had no coach and received no financial support from the university. Players supplied their own equipment, and Steinmetz later recalled the condition of the balls they had to use. The ones we used had lumps and corners on them, in 1904, Emmett Angell became the coach of the basketball team. The Badgers lost to Nebraska 24–22 for the western championship, Steinmetz recalled that Wisconsin lost the game when a fan sitting right on the edge of the court grabbed our guards arm and kept him from throwing the ball in as time ran out. Steinmetz noted that they were running a set play in which Steinmetz would break down court, after the fans illegal participation, a free-for-all battle broke out, and Nebraska was declared the winner

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Ed Wachter
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Edward A. Wachter was one of the first professional basketball players. The 6 ft 1 in Wachter is widely regarded as the greatest center of the 1910s, Wachter, a native of Troy, New York, played for several professional teams, like the Troy Trojans, in his 25-year career. He later coached at several schools, including Harvard University and he was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961. Hall of Fame profile Peterson, Robert W. Fumbling, Faltering, Failing, cages to Jump Shots, Pro Basketballs Early Years. Ed Wachters World - more info

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Arthur Schabinger
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Arthur August Schabinger was an American football and basketball coach, and then later administrator. Schabinger is credited with throwing the first forward pass in football history. Even if it was not the first forward pass, most certainly Schabinger was one of the adopters and innovators of the play. Schabinger coached college basketball for 20 seasons, including stints with Ottawa University, Emporia Teachers College and he was one of the founders of National Association of Basketball Coaches and the president of that organization in 1932. He authored the associations Constitution and By-Laws and he was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1961. In 1910, Schabinger led the College of Emporia Presbies to a 17-0 victory over Washburn University, during this game, he threw what some have credited to be the first forward pass in college football history. That same year, Schabie scored seven touchdowns in a 107-0 win over Pittsburg Normal, schabingers mentor and coach at the College of Emporia was Bill Hargiss. Schabinger was the head college football coach for the Ottawa University Braves located in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons. His career coaching record at Ottawa was 9 wins,17 losses and this ranks him 18th at Ottawa in total wins and 23rd at Ottawa in winning percentage. Arthur Schabinger at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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Ernest C. Quigley
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Ernest Cosmos Quigley was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official, born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended college and law school at the University of Kansas. There he played basketball under the games inventor, James Naismith. He became the football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University and then the athletic director at the University of Kansas. Quigley refereed college basketball for 40 years and umpired more than 3,000 Major League Baseball games, as a college football official, he worked in several bowl games and served on the Rules Committee of the NCAA for several years. Quigley died in Kansas in 1960, Quigley was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, and was raised in Concordia, Kansas where he was a prominent member of the high school football team in the 1890s. Quigley was a student of basketball inventor James Naismith at the University of Kansas. After graduating he served as a coach, teacher and athletic director at St. Marys College in St. Marys, Kansas from 1903 until 1912, while also attending law school at the University of Kansas. Quigley was the head football coach for the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes located in Salina, Kansas and he held that position for the 1919 season. The team lost its one-game on November 22,1919 against Fort Hays State University by a score of 26 to 0. In 1944, Quigley became the director at the University of Kansas, where he hired coaches George Sauer, Jules V. Sikes. Quigley officiated at more than 1,500 collegiate and Amateur Athletic Union games during his 40-year career, rather than using his whistle, the small-statured Quigley often used his high-pitched voice to command attention in supervising play. In 1944 he became director at Kansas, serving until 1950. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 and he also participated in a 1928 baseball tour of Japan, and later became an NL supervisor of umpires. After a 1933 game, Quigley was found unconscious by partner George Barr following a shock from an exposed wire. His 3,351 games as an umpire ranked seventh in league history when he retired. Quigley Field, the University of Kansas first baseball stadium, was named after him, Quigley also served as an official in major college football contests including the Army–Navy Game, five Harvard–Yale games, the Michigan–Illinois game, three Rose Bowls, and the Cotton Bowl Classic. He was a member of the NCAAs Rules Committee from 1946 to 1954, Quigley married Marge Darlington in Concordia

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Buffalo Germans
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The Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a YMCA on Buffalos East Side. Team members included Dr. Fred Burkhardt, Philip Dischinger, Henry J. Faust, Alfred A. Heerdt, Edward Linneborn, maier, Albert W. Manweiler, Edward C. Miller, Harry J. Miller, Charles P. Monahan, George L. Redlein, Edmund Reimann, Williams C. Chuck Taylor claimed to play as a forward for the Germans as well as the Akron Firestones, there is no documentary evidence to support this contention. The team was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961, in 1904 the team won the AAU national tournament, which served as a demonstration sport at the St. Louis Olympics. From 1908 to 1910 the team won 111 straight games, the team was disbanded in 1925 after compiling a 792-86 record. Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame profile Hoopedia article

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Nate Archibald
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Nathaniel Tiny Archibald is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the NBA, most notably with the Cincinnati Royals, Kansas City–Omaha Kings, in 1991, he was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Archibald was a willing passer and a shooter from midrange. However, it was his quickness and speed and shiftiness that made him difficult to guard in the open court and he returned to the team as a junior. During his time without basketball, Archibald briefly flirted with dropping out of school after having been largely truant in past years, but with the help of two mentors, Floyd Layne and Pablo Robertson, Archibald turned it around. Despite only playing in blowouts as a junior, the shy, quiet teen managed to blossom into a star, being named team captain. Off the court, Archibald began to school regularly and worked to improve his poor academic standing. To improve his chances of playing college basketball, Archibald enrolled at Arizona Western College. He had three seasons at El Paso, from 1967 to 1970 under Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins. Archibald was selected in the round of the 1970 NBA draft by the Cincinnati Royals. He was also drafted by the Texas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association, in 1972–73 season, Archibald led the NBA in scoring and assists, becoming the only player to win the titles in both categories in the same season. His scoring average of 34.0 points per game broke the NBA record for a guard and his 910 assists that season was also an NBA record at the time, breaking Guy Rodgers mark of 908. He was named the Sporting News NBA MVP that season, Archibald played for the Kansas City Kings from 1970 to 1976. Although he was the Kings most popular player, he was traded to the New York Nets for two draft picks and two players in 1976, injured for much of the 1976–77 season, he was traded by the Nets to the Buffalo Braves before the 1977–78 season. Archibald tore his achilles tendon and never played a game for the Braves. Buffalo traded him to the Boston Celtics as part of a 7-player deal before the start of the next season and his career at the Celtics started poorly. He showed up 20 pounds overweight, however, he adjusted and helped guide the Celtics to the best record in the NBA for three consecutive years. Archibald won his first and only NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in the 1980–81 season alongside young NBA star Larry Bird, Archibald was an All-NBA First Team selection three times and an All-NBA Second Team selection two times

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Sergei Belov
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Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union national basketball team. In 1991, Belov was named by FIBA as the Best FIBA Player ever and he became the first international player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 11,1992. He was also inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and was named one of the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors in 2008, Belov was born in the village of Nashchyokovo, Shegarsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Soviet Union. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society, and later at Armed Forces sports society, in 1968, he became an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He became an Honored Coach of Russia in 1995, and served as President of the Russian Basketball Federation, Belov died on October 3,2013 in Perm, Russia. At the age of twenty, Belov made his debut in the USSR League, with the team of Uralmash Sverdlovsk and he then played with CSKA Moscow for twelve years. With CSKA, he won the USSR League championship eleven times, the USSR Cup twice, as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team for fourteen years, Belov helped them win a gold medal, and three bronze medals at the Olympic Games. He also helped them to become the FIBA World champions in 1967 and 1974, and the FIBA European champions in 1967,1969,1971, Belov was the head coach of CSKA Moscow, with whom he won the USSR League championship in 1982 and 1990. He was also the coach of Ural Great Perm

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Dave Bing
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David Bing is an American businessman, retired Hall of Fame basketball player, and former mayor of Detroit, Michigan. After starring at Syracuse University, Bing played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association as a guard for the Detroit Pistons, Washington Bullets, and Boston Celtics. During his career, he averaged over 20 points and six assists per game and made seven NBA All-Star appearances, after retiring, the Pistons celebrated his career accomplishments with the retirement of his #21 jersey. In addition, he was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, upon his retirement from professional basketball, Bing founded Bing Steel, a processing company that earned him the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year award in 1984. Soon the business grew into the multimillion-dollar Detroit-based conglomerate, the Bing Group, after winning the primary, Bing then defeated Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. and was sworn in as mayor in May 2009. Later that year, Bing was re-elected to a full term, however he lost most of his power to Detroits emergency manager Kevyn Orr, had numerous health problems, and suffered approval ratings as low as 14%. Bing thus did not seek re-election in 2013 and was succeeded by politician and businessman Mike Duggan, Bing was born November 24,1943 in Washington, D. C. to mother Juanita, a housekeeper, and father Hasker, a bricklayer and deacon for the Baptist Church. He was the child of four living in a two bedroom, one-story house in the northeast part of town. In his childhood, Bing received the nickname Duke from his father, because, according to Bing, the family could not afford emergency surgery, leaving the eye to heal on its own and diminishing his vision thereafter. Bings father also suffered a head injury during the boys childhood. While working a construction site, a brick fell four stories onto his head, the episode led young Bing to promise himself that he would never work in such a profession. In athletics, Bing played basketball, but older children often told him he was too small for the game. However, he played well, triumphing over older and bigger children as future Motown musician Marvin Gaye. Bing and Gaye forged a friendship, which continued later in life, despite his basketball play, Bing, a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson, focused primarily on baseball, the neighborhoods preferred game. Despite his fuzzy vision, he excelled in baseball at Spingarn High School, nevertheless, the schools head basketball coach William Roundtree encouraged him to revisit basketball. Roundtree became a figure to Bing, who decided to join the team. He developed into a double-digits per game scorer, noted for his jump shot and he continued also to compete in baseball into his senior year, but was forced to choose between it and basketball when a scheduling conflict between two tournaments arose. At the tournament, Bing led his team to victory and earned MVP honors, all in all, in high school, Bing was a three-year letter winner, all–Inter High, all-Metro, and all-East member

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Bob Cousy
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Robert Joseph Bob Cousy is an American retired professional basketball player and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Cousy played point guard with the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, Cousy was initially drafted as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1950 NBA draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, but after he refused to report, he was picked up by Boston. He was also named to 12 All-NBA First and Second Teams, also known as Cooz, he was regularly introduced at Boston Garden as Mr. Basketball. After his playing career, he coached the Royals for several years, Cousy then became a broadcaster for Celtics games. Upon his election to the Hall of Fame in 1971 the Celtics retired his #14 jersey and he was also the first president of National Basketball Players Association. Cousy was the son of poor French immigrants living in New York City. He grew up in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattans East Side and his father Joseph was a cab driver, who earned extra income by moonlighting. The elder Cousy had served in the German Army during World War I, shortly after the war, his first wife died of pneumonia, leaving behind a young daughter. He married Julie Corlet, a secretary and French teacher from Dijon, at the time of the 1930 census, the family was renting an apartment in Astoria, Queens, for $50 per month. The younger Cousy spoke French for the first 5 years of his life and he spent his early days playing stickball in a multicultural environment, regularly playing with African Americans, Jews and other ethnic minority children. These experiences ingrained him with a strong anti-racist sentiment, an attitude he prominently promoted during his professional career, when he was 12, his family moved to a rented house in St. Albans, Queens. That summer, the elder Cousy put a $500 down payment for a $4,500 house four blocks away and he rented out the bottom two floors of the three-story building to tenants to help make his mortgage payments on time. Cousy took up basketball at the age of 13, as a student at St. Pascals elementary school, the following year, he entered Andrew Jackson High School in St Albans. His basketball success was not immediate, and in fact he was cut from the team in his first year. The next year, however, he was cut during the tryouts for the school basketball team. That same year, he out of a tree and broke his right hand. The injury forced him to play left-handed until his hand healed, in retrospect, he described this accident as a fortunate event and cited it as a factor in making him more versatile on the court. During a Press League game, the school basketball coach saw him play

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Louie Dampier
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Louis Louie Dampier is an American retired professional basketball player. A 6-foot-tall guard, Dampier is one of only a handful of men to all nine seasons in the American Basketball Association. He also was one of just two players to all nine ABA seasons with the same team, the other was Byron Beck of the Denver Rockets. After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 Dampier also played three seasons in the National Basketball Association with the San Antonio Spurs, Dampier was inducted as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. Dampier was born in Indianapolis and played at Southport High School in the suburb of Southport and he also played in an annual all-star game featuring top high-school players from Indiana and Kentucky. Dampier was an athlete at the University of Kentucky, playing baseball as well as basketball. This game spearheaded the end of segregation in college basketball. During his three years at Kentucky, Dampier was a two-time All-American and three-time All-Southeastern Conference selection and he was also named Academic All-SEC twice and Academic All-American once. Upon graduation from Kentucky in 1967, Dampier scored 1,575 points, at the time third-most in school history behind only Cotton Nash, in 1967 the Cincinnati Royals selected Dampier in the fourth round of the NBA Draft and the Kentucky Colonels selected him in the ABA draft. Dampier eventually signed with the Kentucky Colonels of the fledgling ABA, in each of the ABAs first three seasons, both Dampier and Carrier averaged at least 20 points per game. Both were three-point field goal specialists, but especially Dampier who made 500 during a three-year stretch, at the conclusion of the ABAs history, Dampier made a career-record 794 3-point field goals. He also finished first all-time in the ABA in games played, minutes played, points scored, during the 1970–71 season, he hit 57 consecutive free throws for what was then a pro record. Seven times, he was named an ABA All-Star and he was a unanimous choice for the ABA Top 30 team. He played on the Colonels 1975 ABA championship team, which featured a later Kentucky standout, Dan Issel, after the 1976 season, the ABA ceased operations with Kentucky and two other teams folding. Dampier was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1976 ABA Dispersal Draft, playing mostly as a role player behind George Gervin, Dampier averaged 6.7 points in 232 NBA games. Dampier later served as an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets, several divisions in the 21st century semi-pro ABA were initially named after stars of the old ABA, including Dampier. The league was divided into the Red, White. Today, the league is divided into 12 regions based geographically, Dampier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September,2015

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Bob Davies
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Robert Edris Davies was an American professional basketball player in the 1950s. Alongside Bobby Wanzer he formed one of the best backcourt duos in the NBAs early years, Davies and Wanzer led the Rochester Royals to the 1951 NBA championship. Davies was also a basketball coach at the Seton Hall University and was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 11,1970. Although Bob Cousy is often considered the originator of the behind-the-back dribble and his Seton Hall coach, Honey Russell, once said, He had such uncanny control of the ball behind his back that it never concerned me. He made it look as easy as the conventional dribble, Davies entered Seton Hall in 1938 on a baseball scholarship, but Russell persuaded him to concentrate on basketball after seeing him practice once. Never a high scorer—his best college average was 11.8 points a game—Davies was a consummate passer and play-maker, known as the Harrisburg Houdini, Davies led Seton Hall to 43 consecutive victories from 1939 into 1941. An All-American guard in 1941 and 1942, Davies joined the U. S. Navy during World War II, after the war, he joined the Rochester Royals and played with them through the 1954–55 season. Davies helped lead the Royals to an NBL title in 1946, Davies was named to the NBA All-NBA First-Team four straight years, from 1949 through 1952, and he led the NBA in assists with 321 in 1948–49. In his 10 NBL/NBA seasons, Davis scored 7,770 points, averaging 13.7 a game and he added 904 points and 182 assists in 67 playoff games. He was one of the ten players named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971, Davies coached Seton Hall in 1946–47, while playing with the Royals, and compiled a 24-3 record. After retiring as a player, he coached Gettysburg College for two seasons, winning 28 games while losing 19, the No.11 jersey worn by Davies during his playing days with the Rochester Royals was retired by the team. The Sacramento Kings, the present holders of the franchise, continue the honor

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Clyde Drexler
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Clyde Austin The Glide Drexler is an American retired professional basketball swingman. During his career, he was a ten-time All-Star, and named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Drexler won an Olympic gold medal in 1992 as part of the 1992 United States mens Olympic basketball team and an NBA Championship in 1995 with the Houston Rockets. He is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee He currently serves as a commentator for Houston Rockets home games. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Drexler lived in the South Park area in Houston, Texas, and attended Ross Sterling High School in Houston, where he was a classmate of tennis player Zina Garrison. As a sophomore, he made the varsity team, and tried out for the basketball team. Drexler played as a 6 ft 6 in center as a senior and he began receiving attention from college coaches following a 34-point, 27-rebound performance against Sharpstown High School during a 1979 Christmas tournament. Lewis that Drexler was the best player he had faced in high school, Drexler majored in finance and worked at a bank during the summer. Lewis recalled in 2003 that he received hate mail from Houston supporters and alumni for recruiting Drexler. Drexler and Young, along with Larry Micheaux and new recruit Hakeem Olajuwon, comprised the Phi Slama Jama basketball fraternity that gained attention for its acrobatic. New players were initiated into the fraternity by having to stand underneath the basket as Drexler drove in from halfcourt, Houston made the first of Drexlers two straight Final Four appearances in 1982, where they lost to eventual champions North Carolina. He averaged 15.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game as a forward as Houston finished 25–8. The 1982–83 campaign saw Houston return to the Final Four ranked No.1 and they were matched up against No. Drexler declared for the NBA draft as a junior, leaving Houston with career averages of 14.4 points,3.3 assists and 9.9 rebounds in three seasons. In the 1983 NBA draft Drexler was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 14th overall pick and he averaged 7.7 points in 17.2 minutes per game in his rookie season. His second season was his breakout season, in which he averaged 17.2 points,6 rebounds,5.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In his third season, Drexler made his first All-Star team while averaging 18.5 points,5.6 rebounds,8 assists and 2.6 steals. In the 1989–1990 season, Drexler led the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals, averaging 26.4 points and 7.8 rebounds, in the 1990–1991 season Drexler led Portland to a franchise best 63–19 record. Heavily favored to win the West, the Los Angeles Lakers upset the Trail Blazers by winning the Western Conference Finals, in the 1991–92 season he made the All-NBA First Team and finished second to Michael Jordan in MVP voting

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Joe Dumars
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Joe Dumars III is an American retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association. At 63 Dumars could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was an effective defender. He played for the Detroit Pistons from 1985 until 1999, during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best backcourts in NBA history. Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved to point guard following Thomas retirement in 1994, Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Dumars served as the President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2000 to 2014, Dumars was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dumars mother, Ophelia, was a custodian at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches while his father, Dumars grew up in an athletic family, but basketball was not his favorite sport as a child. Football was more popular in the region and all five of his brothers were defensive standouts at Natchitoches Central High School and his brother David later played professional football in the USFL. Dumars followed in his footsteps playing defensive back on the football team until junior high school when a big hit on the field directed him toward basketball. Big Joe built a hoop, made of an old bicycle wheel and half of a wooden door, in the Dumars backyard where young Joe spent hours practicing his jump shot. During his four years at McNeese State University, Dumars averaged 22.5 points per game and he finished his college career as the 11th leading scorer in NCAA history. Drafted 18th overall in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, he played guard for the Detroit Pistons for his entire career, from 1985 to 1999. He won two championships as a player in 1989 and 1990, and was voted the 1989 Finals MVP, according to Jordan, Dumars was the best defender he ever faced in the NBA. During his career, he was selected to the All-Star team six times, in 14 seasons, all with the Pistons, Dumars scored 16,401 points, handed out 4,612 assists, grabbed 2,203 rebounds and recorded 902 steals. Although he was a member of the famed Bad Boys teams known for their play and demeanor, he became personally known for his quiet. He was the first recipient of the NBA Sportsmanship Award which has named the Joe Dumars Trophy. His number 4 jersey was retired by the Pistons in March 2000 and he has the distinction as being the only Pistons player to ever wear this number. He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, Dumars became the Pistons President of Basketball Operations prior to the 2000–01 season. During the 2005–06 season, Detroit recorded its best regular-season record in franchise history, the Pistons made it to the Eastern Conference Finals six straight years under Dumars watch

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Walt Frazier
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Walter Clyde Frazier is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association. As their floor general, he led the New York Knicks to the only two NBA Championships, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Upon his retirement from basketball, Frazier went into broadcasting, he is currently a commentator for telecasts of Knicks games on the MSG Network. He lives in Harlem with his partner, Patricia James. He is the father of a son referred to both as Walt Jr. and, later, Walt III, Frazier is a member of the prestigious Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. The eldest of nine children, Frazier attended Atlantas David Tobias Howard High School and he quarterbacked the football team and played catcher on the baseball team. He learned basketball on a rutted and dirt playground, the facility available at his all-black school in the racially segregated South of the 1950s. After Howard, Frazier attended Southern Illinois University, Frazier became one of the premier collegiate basketball players in the country. He was named a Division II All-American in 1964 and 1965, as a sophomore in 1965, Frazier led SIU to the NCAA Division II Tournament only to lose in the finals to Jerry Sloan and the Evansville Purple Aces 85-82 in overtime. In 1966, he was ineligible for basketball. SIU moved up from Division II to Division I, Frazier was named MVP of the 1967 tournament. Frazier was selected by the New York Knicks with the 5th pick in the 1967 NBA draft, while playing for them, he picked up the nickname Clyde due to wearing a similar hat to Warren Beatty, who played Clyde Barrow in the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 and he was an NBA All-Star seven times, was named to the All-NBA First Team four times, the All-NBA Second Team twice, and the All-Defensive First Team seven times. With Frazier, the Knicks captured the NBA championships in 1970 and 1973, in 1971, the New York Knicks traded for star guard Earl the Pearl Monroe to form what was known as the Rolls Royce Backcourt with Frazier. That pairing is one of few backcourts ever to feature two Hall of Famers and NBA 50th Anniversary Team members. Frazier held Knicks franchise records for most games, minutes played, field goals attempted, field goals made, free throws attempted, free throws made, center Patrick Ewing would eventually break most of those records, but Fraziers assists record still stands. After 10 years in New York, Frazier ended his career as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, won 2 NBA championships with the New York Knicks. Fraziers #10 jersey was retired by the New York Knicks on December 15,1979, in 1987, Frazier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along with Pete Maravich and Rick Barry

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Nikos Galis
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Nikolaos Georgalis, commonly known as either Nikos Galis, or Nick Galis, is a retired Greek-American professional basketball player. He was named one of FIBAs 50 Greatest Players in 1991, is a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame and was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. Galis is widely regarded as one of Europes greatest scorers ever to play the game and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017. Galis played the point guard position during his college years at Seton Hall University. He spent most of his career in Aris, before having a stint with Panathinaikos. He is the EuroLeagues all-time leader in points per game, leading the competition in scoring eight times, in the premier European club scene, he reached the EuroLeague Final Four on four occasions, three consecutive ones with Aris, and another one with Panathinaikos. An eight-time Greek league champion, Galis is the leagues leading scorer. Among his myriad accomplishments, he holds the EuroBasket record for highest career scoring average, and was the scorer of four EuroBasket tournaments in 1983,1987,1989. In addition to that, he holds the FIBA World Cup record for highest career scoring average, as well as for most points scored in a single tournament. Following the stunning success of the EuroBasket title in 1987, he won the Mr. Europa Player of the Year and the Euroscar awards the same year. Nicknamed Iron Man, Nick The Greek, and The Gangster, Galis is highly revered in Greece and his years at Aris lifted Greek basketball from relative obscurity, to global power status, with Galis being the figure that eventually inspired thousands of Greeks to take up the game. Galis was born in Union City, New Jersey, the child of a poor immigrant family from the Greek islands of Rhodes and Nisyros, Nick took up boxing in his early years, after his father, George Georgalis, who had also been a boxer in his youth. He was persuaded to give up boxing by his mother, Stella Georgalis, as a result, he started playing basketball and attended Union Hill High School in Union City. After high school, Galis enrolled at Seton Hall University, where he played basketball as a member of the Seton Hall Pirates. The same year, he took part in the Pizza Hut All-American game alongside Bird. Galis coach at Seton Hall, Billy Raftery, would state that Galis was the best player he ever coached. Finishing his collegiate career in 1979, Galis signed with agent Bill Manon, Manon did not have Galis work out with any NBA team. Galis was eventually selected by the Boston Celtics in the 4th round of the 1979 NBA Draft and it was then that Galis decided to pursue a professional career in Greeces Basket League

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George Gervin
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Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Gervin is widely regarded to be one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history, Gervin was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Martin Luther King High School in Detroit and he was a Detroit Free Press All-State selection in 1970. He transferred to Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan and averaged 29.5 points as a forward in 1971–72. While competing in an NCAA College Division national semifinal game in Evansville, Indiana, Gervin was suspended for the following season and eventually was removed from the team. Invitations to try out for the Olympic and Pan-American teams were withdrawn, Gervin initially played for the Pontiac Chaparrals of the Eastern Basketball Association, where he was spotted by Johnny Kerr, a scout for the Virginia Squires of the ABA. Kerr signed Gervin to the Squires for a $40,000 a year contract, Gervins time in Virginia would be short-lived, however. The Squires finances had never been stable, and they had forced to start trading their best players to get enough money to stay alive. In the space of four months, they traded Julius Erving. During the 1974 ABA All-Star Weekend, rumors abounded that the Squires were in talks about dealing Gervin for cash, the rumors turned out to be true, on January 30, Gervin was sold to the Spurs for $228,000. The ABA tried to block the trade, claiming that by trading their last legitimate star, however, a court sided with the Spurs. Within two years, the Squires were no more, after two seasons in the ABA, Gervin became NBA eligible in time for the 1974 NBA draft. The Phoenix Suns selected Gervin in the round with the 40th pick, however Gervin elected to stay in the ABA. With Gervin as the centerpiece, the Spurs transformed from a primarily defense-oriented team into an exciting fast-breaking team that played what coach Bob Bass called schoolyard basketball. Gervins first NBA scoring crown came in the 1977–78 season, when he narrowly edged David Thompson for the title by seven hundredths of a point. With the scoring crown in hand, he sat out some of the third, larry Kenon would become a free agent and sign with the Bulls after the following season. Prior to Michael Jordan, Gervin had the most scoring titles of any guard in league history, in 1981, while sitting out three games due to injury, Gervins replacement, Ron Brewer, averaged over 30 ppg. When Gervin returned, he scored 40+ points, when asked if he was sending a message, Gervin said, Just the way the Lord planned it and added, Ice be cool

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Gail Goodrich
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Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is best known for scoring a then record 42 points in the 1965 NCAA championship game vs. Michigan, Goodrich was the leading scorer on that team. In 1996,17 years after his retirement from professional basketball, Goodrich scored 29 points in the championship game despite breaking his ankle in the third quarter. Goodrich has said that he had wanted to attend the University of Southern California. But coach John Wooden of UCLA ultimately showed much more interest in Goodrich than did USC, like many Division I colleges, USC was wary of Goodrichs short stature. He was only 5 ft 8 in his year in high school and even at his ultimate height of 6 ft 1 in. Goodrich attended UCLA, where he finished as the schools leading scorer. He was a two-time All-America and the Helms Foundations Co-Player of the Year in 1965, in the 1965 NCAA championship game, he scored a record 42 points as UCLA beat favored Michigan. This record stood until 1973 when UCLAs Bill Walton scored 44 in the finals vs. Memphis State, while at UCLA, Goodrich was also a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. A tenacious and fiery competitor, Goodrich used intelligent ball-handling skills, the left-handed junior guard was the teams main scorer. He finished with an average of 21.5 points per game, for the first time, a UCLA team won all 30 of its games en route to the schools first NCAA title. Goodrich and Keith Erickson were the returning starters from the team that won UCLAs first national title in 1964. As a senior, the Bruins repeated as NCAA champions as Goodrich scored 24.6 points per game, at UCLA, Goodrich helped compile a 78-11 three-year record. In both of those seasons, Goodrich was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team. Goodrich at the finished as UCLAs all-time leading scorer which is now broken by Don MacLean. Although many believed Goodrich was too small for the game and too frail for the pros, Goodrich, through perseverance and discipline. Goodrich was nicknamed Stumpy, a moniker bestowed upon him by teammate Elgin Baylor, because of Goodrichs height, Goodrich was a territorial pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1965 NBA draft. As a rookie in 1965–66, he averaged about 15 minutes per game as a guard behind starters Jerry West

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Hal Greer
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Harold Everett Greer is an American retired professional basketball player. Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he attended Douglass Junior and Senior High School in Huntington and he played college basketball at Marshall University and was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA in 1958. Greer played for Syracuse for five seasons, raising his average to 22.8 points a game in 1961. He was selected for the NBA All-Star team that year, in 1963, the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers. There, Greer became well known as a teammate of Wilt Chamberlain, in the 76ers 15 playoff games that season, Greer averaged a team-best 27.7 points. Greer had an unusual but highly effective free throw technique, shooting a jump shot from the charity stripe and he is usually considered the third-best guard of the 1960s, behind Oscar Robertson and fellow West Virginia native Jerry West. Greer played in 10 NBA All-Star Games and was the MVP of the 1968 game when he went 8-for-8 from the field and scored 21 points and he also was chosen to the All-NBA Second Team seven times, and scored more than 20,000 points during his NBA career. His hometown has honored his success by renaming 16th Street, which carries West Virginia Route 10 as the main artery between the area and Interstate 64, as Hal Greer Boulevard. Hal Greer is recognized as the only African-American athlete enshrined in a sports hall of fame from West Virginia. In 1982, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along with Slater Martin, Frank Ramsey, Willis Reed, coach Clarence Gaines, and contributor Alva Duer. Two-time All-Conference Team high scorer and Conference MVP AP All-America Honorable Mention Led Marshall in 71 games as its first black scholarship athlete Averaged 19.4 ppg and 10, Boston Celtics, also leads all 76ers players in career points

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Richie Guerin
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Richard Vincent Richie Guerin is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. The 64 Guerin played with the National Basketball Associations New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks franchise where he spent nine years. On February 15,2013, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Guerin had been elected as one of its 2013 inductees and he served in the Marine Corps Reserve from 1947 to 1954. While a reservist, Guerin attended Iona College from 1950 to 1954 where he scored 1,375 points in 67 games playing for coach Jim McDermott, after graduation, Guerin served on active duty at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia for two years. The Knicks drafted Guerin with the 8th pick in the round of the 1954 NBA draft while still on active duty. After leaving the Marine Corps, Guerin would begin his professional career in 1956. As a high-scoring point guard in the late 1950s and early 1960s and his feisty on-court style and wisecracking off-court demeanor played well to Madison Square Garden crowds. Guerin was a machinelike scorer, a passer, a smart playmaker. The explosive Guerin also set Knicks single-game records for scoring, with 57 points in 1959 and his 57-point game stood as a Knicks record until Bernard King scored 60 on Christmas Day in 1984. A fan and media favorite, Guerin played in six consecutive NBA All-Star Games, as a team, however, New York struggled, reaching the playoffs only once during Guerins tenure. He was traded to the St. Louis Hawks midway through the 1963–64 season and spent the eight years as the teams player-coach. With St. Louis, Guerin played alongside such greats as Bob Pettit, Lou Hudson, Lenny Wilkens, Guerin helped the Hawks to nine consecutive playoff appearances and was named NBA Coach of the Year for 1967–68. Guerin grew up in the Bronx and stayed close to home when he enrolled at Iona College in 1950 where he played center for coach Jim McDermott. New York selected him in the 1954 NBA draft, but Guerin could not join the Knicks until he had completed two years of service in the Marines, New York was struggling through the mid-1950s at or near the bottom of the Eastern Division. Among the only bright spots during that period were high-scoring guard Carl Braun, point guard Dick McGuire, turnover on the team was high. Guerin joined the club in 1956 and quickly established himself, in only his second season he made the NBA All-Star Team for the first of six straight years. In his third year Guerin led the Knicks in assists and ranked second in scoring and he dished out a team-record 21 assists against St. Louis on December 12,1958. The 21 assists he totaled were also Madison Square Garden high until John Stockton broke the record 41 years later and that year New York made its only postseason appearance with Guerin on the team, losing to the Syracuse Nationals in a first-round sweep

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Nat Holman
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Nat Holman was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the games most important innovators. Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his shooting, Holman was a star player at New York University. He was also an important part of the Original Celtics, who were no relation to the Boston Celtics, also a gifted passer and excellent floor leader, Holman was a prototype of later playmakers. Although he played pro basketball until 1930, he took over the coaching position at the City College of New York in 1920. Known as Mr. Basketball, Holman guided CCNY to the grand slam of college basketball. In 1951, Holmans CCNY team became involved in a point shaving scandal involving seven different schools. While several CCNY players, including Ed Warner and Ed Roman were arrested, the scandal eventually led CCNY to de-emphasize athletics and suspend Holman after the 1951-52 season. He returned for brief stints in 1954-56 and 1958–59, retiring for good in 1959, Holman compiled a 421–190 record in 37 seasons at CCNY, retiring in 1959. Holman also founded Camp Scatico in 1921 and ran the camp until he sold it to his niece, in 1922, Nat Holman wrote a book on basketball technique titled Scientific Basketball. In his later years, he lived and died at the Hebrew Home for the Aged in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, list of select Jewish basketball players Basketball Hall of Fame profile Nat Holman at Find a Grave